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"Oliver, don't be an idiot." "I'm gonna die soon. Why stop now?"

"INCOMING! Rene! Shoot the missile! SHOOT!" "I left my mask with customs!!"

I'm behind, so I thought you and @quarks meant she was flying-flying.

"See, Johnny, my name is Lyla, and Lyla was the name of Monitor's main helper in canon, so . . . my hands were tied."

Okay. Beginning of the end. Prologue to the end?

MTV ranks most impressive rookie seasons: Nicole and Devin run Spartan Race at Fenway Park, Boston:

MTV's Challenge YouTube presents the "6 Jaw-Dropping Betrayals." Most of them are recent; I would've thrown in Emily bailing on her team in BOTS1.

What if she invites one of her odd ballet friends to pirouette on Dan's balls?

I'll be dipped. A mostly happy ending this week. I kept waiting for the stock stinger of Nash Wells that popped up twice last night, because of course Freeland and the rest of the world would be endangered right after Black Lightning gets a "W." Nope . . . new episode, apparently wrapping up "The Book of Resistance." Will there be an episode tying into COIE? Lesson learned: Tobias was born in 1946. It is appropriate to dismiss him with "Okay, Boomer." The rest of the world believe Freeland has been quarantined . . . due to a SARS outbreak. The ASA, ladies and gentlemen . . . they can enforce brutal occupations that are downright un-American, but their cover stories leave a lot to be desired. Nice to see Painkiller (poor Khalil) get his lunch fed to him by Thunder. Great to see Head Occupation Guy get his ass beat. And it looks like the word will be getting out soon . . . barring red skies and antimatter waves, of course.

Looks like Sia is warming up for the Reunion.

Essay on what a victory would mean to each finalist. The bit about Ashley being considered one of the greats if she wins? I can't. I just can't. She got lucky both times. I can't put her over Cara Maria, even if Cara Maria is doing her damnedest to tank her legacy.

From the press release for “Basic Cable”:

Okay . . . so if I'm recalling correctly, the Big Bad of the current arc was an elf, and now a bunch of the good guys have pointed ears and facial marks. Does that mean they have elf blood? Of course Yuno has been converted . . . I'm still thinking we're getting the Blue Exorcist treatment, and he's going to be pushed into the role of Head Elf. On the bright side, Gauche was converted. Hopefully, he'll get killed by Grave, Gordon and Slow-Talking Mage That Was The Mansion Guy. "Captain, he kept attacking us and not bringing up his sister. We had to put him down. Tell him, Gordon!" " " "What he said!"

Hey, Monitor shows up and actually comes off looking good! You know what would have been perfect? If he explained why we needed Rama Khan in the first place. Is it a Leviathan thing? Also, I totally forgot about Andrea and her ersatz Shadow Thief powers. As much as the Dark Lena story is compelling, it seems to depend on a lot of errors. "Of course I'm being hacked! Supergirl would send a virus with the hologram!" Basically, we have her with the permanent mad-on for Kara, and Kara feeling more sorry for what's been happening than anyone could be in that situation. Oh, and Lena's brother isn't dead . . . he's chilling out with Monitor, getting ready to help out in the oncoming Crisis. Uh huh. I'm sure that will go well. Malefic: "I have saved the day! And now I must go. My planet needs me!!" Come on, I couldn't be the only one to think that.

I can imagine Kate on a rooftop, praying for walls of antimatter to wipe everything away. Meanwhile, the Monitor is chilling out wherever he lives, grousing about how people will probably blame him for being behind all of the brutal feels. Tonight was friggin' painful. Sure, Alice clinches her place as one of the better Arrowverse Big Bads, but she might have gone too far too fast. Not with all the death . . she called Mary -- IIRC -- a "vapid run-on sentence." DAMN. Meanwhile, Catherine basically falls out of a tree to her death, but she winds up hitting every painful branch on the way down. Even with the lie about Beth, it's hard to not feel sorry for her. She did give us Mary, so maybe she's wasn't all bad.

I’m afraid that is the case. Any ideas about the glyphs? I’m pretty sure third-from-right isn’t Indigo Tribe.

Any other geeks think of the Quinressence giving Gog his power prior to The Kingdom?

Forgot to post two weeks ago. Does anyone else wonder why this show airs at 8, while Supergirl runs at 9? Given the darkness and occasional heavy social content found here, I’d think the positions would be swapped. Julia can stay . . . though I half-expect Sara Lance to storm in on the lady who’s been reading her Wikipedia entry.

John Barrowman has suffered "a severe neck injury." That is not a sentence I ever wanted to read.

I made this poster last night. Needless to say, I am ready.

Because I'm bored enough and I want company . . . (Mob Psycho 100) (My Hero Academia) (Legends of Tomorrow; Crisis On Infinite Earths)

Anyone catch last week's episode? Bruno introduces Giorno to his friends, all of whom are men with dubious fashion sense. Also: Fugo might be the worst tutor in anime since that one guy whipping Gohan while he studied. In his defense, Narancia does come off as eight kinds of dumb. Mista has a thing against the number 4 (probably in line with Japanese superstition about that number representing bad luck and/or death), and Abbacchio's idea of welcoming Giorno is pissing in a cup and passing it off as tea. Luckily, Giorno turned one of his teeth into a moisture-sucking jellyfish. We're not going to find out the menace that nabbed most of the group until next Saturday (Food Wars! marathon). Ditto for Abbacchio's secret weapon.

The episode worked. Yeah, it did combine familiar tropes like "Shit In The Main Plot" ("Red Hot Catholic Love," "More Crap"), "Boys Will Do Anything Involving Video Games: ("Towelie," the "Go God Go" and "Black Friday" arcs) and "Kyle Steps Beyond Reality" ("The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000"), but it was pretty good. I'm just thinking that I was right in saying the episode would be best viewed after Thanksgiving. With a plot centered on the women of South Park, of course there would be one A-lister there in Sheila. No Sharon, Liane, Strong Woman . . . but we got Mintberry Crunch's mom! Aso funny: Ike suffering a thousand deaths at the supermarket, climaxing with him emptying a bag of chips and putting it over his head in a suicide attempt. I never read or watched Dune. All I know is that the Eighties movie is about ten hours long, and pre-TNG Patrick Stewart is in there. But I knew the "spice" reference, so I was good with the reference and how it related to Tom Brady. Not as funny as Cartman channeling Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver and teaching the gospel of Bill Bellichek, but still funny.

Heads up . . . Adult Swim will be running Moral Orel in the 4-4:30 a.m.block starting on Monday, with "The Lord's Greatest Gift" and "God's Chef" . . . the latter having a plot that only really works with that show. And maybe South Park.

Thanks. She's still annouying, though. And if Karishma blindsides her, I'll be all for that.